Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Table of Contents: 2009, vol. 52, No. 5


Perspectives

Covalent Modifiers: An Orthogonal Approach to Drug Design
Michele H. Potashman and Mark E. Duggan
1231-1246

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Letters

Discovery of Novel Myc−Max Heterodimer Disruptors with a Three-Dimensional Pharmacophore Model
Gabriela Mustata, Ariele Viacava Follis, Dalia I. Hammoudeh, Steven J. Metallo, Huabo Wang, Edward V. Prochownik, John S. Lazo and Ivet Bahar
1247-1250

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Discovery of N-(4-(2-Amino-3-chloropyridin-4-yloxy)-3-fluorophenyl)-4-ethoxy-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide (BMS-777607), a Selective and Orally Efficacious Inhibitor of the Met Kinase Superfamily
Gretchen M. Schroeder, Yongmi An, Zhen-Wei Cai, Xiao-Tao Chen, Cheryl Clark, Lyndon A. M. Cornelius, Jun Dai, Johnni Gullo-Brown, Ashok Gupta, Benjamin Henley, John T. Hunt, Robert Jeyaseelan, Amrita Kamath, Kyoung Kim, Jonathan Lippy, Louis J. Lombardo, Veeraswamy Manne, Simone Oppenheimer, John S. Sack, Robert J. Schmidt, Guoxiang Shen, Kevin Stefanski, John S. Tokarski, George L. Trainor, Barri S. Wautlet, Donna Wei, David K. Williams, Yingru Zhang, Yueping Zhang, Joseph Fargnoli and Robert M. Borzilleri
1251-1254

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Discovery of (R)-6-Cyclopentyl-6-(2-(2,6-diethylpyridin-4-yl)ethyl)-3-((5,7-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-2-yl)methyl)-4-hydroxy-5,6-dihydropyran-2-one (PF-00868554) as a Potent and Orally Available Hepatitis C Virus Polymerase Inhibitor
Hui Li, John Tatlock, Angelica Linton, Javier Gonzalez, Tanya Jewell, Leena Patel, Sarah Ludlum, Matthew Drowns, Sadayappan V. Rahavendran, Heather Skor, Robert Hunter, Stephanie T. Shi, Koleen J. Herlihy, Hans Parge, Michael Hickey, Xiu Yu, Fannie Chau, Jim Nonomiya and Cristina Lewis
1255-1258

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Anthracene Based Compounds as New L-type Ca2+ Channel Blockers: Design, Synthesis, and Full Biological Profile
Sergio Bova, Simona Saponara, Angela Rampa, Silvia Gobbi, Lorenzo Cima, Fabio Fusi, Giampietro Sgaragli, Maurizio Cavalli, Cristobal de los Rios, Jorg Striessnig and Alessandra Bisi
1259-1262

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Articles

Detection of Metabolite Changes in C6 Glioma Cells Cultured with Antimitotic Oleyl Glycoside by 1H MAS NMR
Isabel Garcia-Alvarez, Leoncio Garrido, Ernesto Doncel-Perez, Manuel Nieto-Sampedro and Alfonso Fernandez-Mayoralas
1263-1267

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Syntheses and Antigestagenic Activity of Mifepristone Derivatives
Claudia Hodl, Katrin Raunegger, Rainer Strommer, Gerhard F. Ecker, Olaf Kunert, Sonja Sturm, Christoph Seger, Ernst Haslinger, Rudolf Steiner, Wolfgang S. L. Strauss and Hans-Wolfgang Schramm
1268-1274

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Discovery of Imidazo[1,2-b]thiazole Derivatives as Novel SIRT1 Activators
Chi B. Vu, Jean E. Bemis, Jeremy S. Disch, Pui Yee Ng, Joseph J. Nunes, Jill C. Milne, David P. Carney, Amy V. Lynch, Jesse J. Smith, Siva Lavu, Philip D. Lambert, David J. Gagne, Michael R. Jirousek, Simon Schenk, Jerrold M. Olefsky and Robert B. Perni
1275-1283

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10-(2-oxo-2-Phenylethylidene)-10H-anthracen-9-ones as Highly Active Antimicrotubule Agents: Synthesis, Antiproliferative Activity, and Inhibition of Tubulin Polymerization
Helge Prinz, Peter Schmidt, Konrad J. Bohm, Silke Baasner, Klaus Muller, Eberhard Unger, Matthias Gerlach and Eckhard G. Gunther
1284-1294

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Novel Pyrrolidine Ureas as C−C Chemokine Receptor 1 (CCR1) Antagonists
J. Robert Merritt, Jinqi Liu, Elizabeth Quadros, Michelle L. Morris, Ruiyan Liu, Rui Zhang, Biji Jacob, Jennifer Postelnek, Catherine M. Hicks, Weiqing Chen, Earl F. Kimble, W. Lynn Rogers, Linda O’Brien, Nicole White, Hema Desai, Shalini Bansal, George King, Michael J. Ohlmeyer, Kenneth C. Appell and Maria L. Webb
1295-1301

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Nuclear Factor-κB Mediated Inhibition of Cytokine Production by Imidazoline Scaffolds
Daljinder K. Kahlon, Theresa A. Lansdell, Jason S. Fisk, Christopher D. Hupp, Timothy L. Friebe, Stacy Hovde, A. Daniel Jones, Richard D. Dyer, R. William Henry and Jetze J. Tepe
1302-1309

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Structural Requirements for a Lipoamino Acid in Modulating the Anticonvulsant Activities of Systemically Active Galanin Analogues
Liuyin Zhang, Charles R. Robertson, Brad R. Green, Timothy H. Pruess, H. Steve White and Grzegorz Bulaj
1310-1316

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Structure−Activity Relationships of Antitubercular Nitroimidazoles. 1. Structural Features Associated with Aerobic and Anaerobic Activities of 4- and 5-Nitroimidazoles
Pilho Kim, Liang Zhang, Ujjini H. Manjunatha, Ramandeep Singh, Sejal Patel, Jan Jiricek, Thomas H. Keller, Helena I. Boshoff, Clifton E. Barry, and Cynthia S. Dowd
1317-1328

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Structure−Activity Relationships of Antitubercular Nitroimidazoles. 2. Determinants of Aerobic Activity and Quantitative Structure−Activity Relationships
Pilho Kim, Sunhee Kang, Helena I. Boshoff, Jan Jiricek, Margaret Collins, Ramandeep Singh, Ujjini H. Manjunatha, Pornwaratt Niyomrattanakit, Liang Zhang, Michael Goodwin, Thomas Dick, Thomas H. Keller, Cynthia S. Dowd and Clifton E. Barry,
1329-1344

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Synthesis, Cytotoxicity, and DNA Interactions of New Cisplatin Analogues Containing Substituted Benzimidazole Ligands
Fatma Gomus, Gokcen Eren, Leyla Acık, Ayten Celebi, Fatma Ozturk, Sukran Yılmaz, Rahsan Ilıkcı Sagkan, Sibel Gur, Aykut Ozkul, Ayhan Elmalı and Yalcın Elerman
1345-1357

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Synthesis and in Vitro and in Vivo Evaluation of 18F-Labeled Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Ligands for Imaging the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter
Zhude Tu, Simon M. N. Efange, Jinbin Xu, Shihong Li, Lynne A. Jones, Stanley M. Parsons and Robert H. Mach
1358-1369

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Second-Generation Highly Potent and Selective Inhibitors of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Serine Protease
Kevin X. Chen, Latha Nair, Bancha Vibulbhan, Weiying Yang, Ashok Arasappan, Stephane L. Bogen, Srikanth Venkatraman, Frank Bennett, Weidong Pan, Melissa L. Blackman, Angela I. Padilla, Andrew Prongay, Kuo-Chi Cheng, Xiao Tong, Neng-Yang Shih and F. George Njoroge
1370-1379

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Derivatives of 5-Nitro-furan-2-carboxylic Acid Carbamoylmethyl Ester Inhibit RNase H Activity Associated with HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
Hideyoshi Fuji, Emiko Urano, Yuko Futahashi, Makiko Hamatake, Junko Tatsumi, Tyuji Hoshino, Yuko Morikawa, Naoki Yamamoto and Jun Komano
1380-1387

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New Insights into the Design of Inhibitors of Human S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase: Studies of Adenine C8 Substitution in Structural Analogues of S-Adenosylmethionine
Diane E. McCloskey, Shridhar Bale, John A. Secrist, , Anita Tiwari, Thomas H. Moss, , Jacob Valiyaveettil, Wesley H. Brooks, Wayne C. Guida, Anthony E. Pegg and Steven E. Ealick
1388-1407

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Candidate Selection and Preclinical Evaluation of N-tert-Butyl Isoquine (GSK369796), An Affordable and Effective 4-Aminoquinoline Antimalarial for the 21st Century
Paul M. O’Neill, B. Kevin Park, Alison E. Shone, James L. Maggs, Phillip Roberts, Paul A. Stocks, Giancarlo A. Biagini, Patrick G. Bray, Peter Gibbons, Neil Berry, Peter A. Winstanley, Amira Mukhtar, Richard Bonar-Law, Stephen Hindley, Ramesh B. Bambal, Charles B. Davis, Martin Bates, Timothy K. Hart, Stephanie L. Gresham, Ron M. Lawrence, Richard A. Brigandi, Federico M. Gomez-delas-Heras, Domingo V. Gargallo and Stephen A. Ward
1408-1415

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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of 6α- and 6β-N-Heterocyclic Substituted Naltrexamine Derivatives as μ Opioid Receptor Selective Antagonists
Guo Li, Lindsey C. Aschenbach, Jianyang Chen, Michael P. Cassidy, David L. Stevens, Bichoy H. Gabra, Dana E. Selley, William L. Dewey, Richard B. Westkaemper and Yan Zhang
1416-1427

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Synthesis and Evaluation of 18F-Labeled 2-Phenylbenzothiazoles as Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Agents for Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease
Kim Serdons, Christelle Terwinghe, Peter Vermaelen, Koen Van Laere, Hank Kung, Luc Mortelmans, Guy Bormans and Alfons Verbruggen
1428-1437

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A New Class of Vitamin D Analogues that Induce Structural Rearrangement of the Ligand-Binding Pocket of the Receptor
Yuka Inaba, Nobuko Yoshimoto, Yuta Sakamaki, Makoto Nakabayashi, Teikichi Ikura, Hirokazu Tamamura, Nobutoshi Ito, Masato Shimizu and Keiko Yamamoto
1438-1449

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A Basis for Reduced Chemical Library Inhibition of Firefly Luciferase Obtained from Directed Evolution
Douglas S. Auld, Ya-Qin Zhang, Noel T. Southall, Ganesha Rai, Marc Landsman, Jennifer MacLure, Daniel Langevin, Craig J. Thomas, Christopher P. Austin and James Inglese
1450-1458

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2-Acetylpyridine Thiosemicarbazones are Potent Iron Chelators and Antiproliferative Agents: Redox Activity, Iron Complexation and Characterization of their Antitumor Activity
Des R. Richardson, Danuta S. Kalinowski, Vera Richardson, Philip C. Sharpe, David B. Lovejoy, Mohammad Islam and Paul V. Bernhardt
1459-1470

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Synthesis and Evaluation of Vancomycin Aglycon Analogues That Bear Modifications in the N-Terminal d-Leucyl Amino Acid
Christine M. Crane and Dale L. Boger
1471-1476

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Brief Articles

Enantioselectivity in Cardioprotection induced by (S)- (−)-2,2-Dimethyl-N-(4′-acetamido-benzyl)-4-spiromorpholone-chromane
Simona Rapposelli, Vincenzo Calderone, Roberto Cirilli, Maria Digiacomo, Cristina Faggi, Francesco La Torre, Mariaelisa Manganaro, Alma Martelli and Lara Testai
1477-1480

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Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Docking Studies of N-Substituted Acetamidines as Selective Inhibitors of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
Cristina Maccallini, Antonia Patruno, Neva Besker, Jamila Isabella Ali, Alessandra Ammazzalorso, Barbara De Filippis, Sara Franceschelli, Letizia Giampietro, Mirko Pesce, Marcella Reale, Maria L. Tricca, Nazzareno Re, Mario Felaco and Rosa Amoroso
1481-1485

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Structure−Activity Relationship of New Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Agents: Heterobicycle−Coumarin Conjugates
Johan Neyts, Erik De Clercq, Raghunath Singha, Yung Hsiung Chang, Asish R. Das, Subhasish K. Chakraborty, Shih Ching Hong, Shwu-Chen Tsay, Ming-Hua Hsu and Jih Ru Hwu
1486-1490

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Book Reviews

Book Review of Dopamine Transporters: Chemistry, Biology, and Pharmacology
Trent J. Volz
1491-1491
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Book Review of Natural Compounds as Drugs. Volumes 1 and 2
Mark T. Hamann
1491-1492
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